This week's snapshot is a relatively small one, but you know what that means - a major release won't be far off now! So what's in store for 14w21b?
CHANGES:
- Bugfixing.
- Optimizations.
- Notability intensified.
- [Bug MC-99] – Skins Sometimes Disappear After Death
- [Bug MC-30192] – stat.useItem.
- glitching with scoreboard
- [Bug MC-30877] – Crops (Wheat/Carrots/Potatoes) not popping off in light level 0
- [Bug MC-48376] – Baby chicken hitbox taller than 1/2 block
- [Bug MC-48735] – Villager and farmer inventory gets corrupted causing farmers to no longer plant crops
- [Bug MC-48739] – Killing zombie villager aggravates zombie pigmen
- [Bug MC-50046] – Mobs not responsive after player death
- [Bug MC-50821] – Cats and dogs teleporting into transparent-solid blocks (redstone_bloc, glowstone, TNT), causing them to suffocate
- [Bug MC-51238] – Tamed Ocelots (cats) Run away from Player
- And many more that weren’t on the bug tracker! Did we mention you should report bugs to the bug tracker?
To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).
Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
CROSS-PLATFORM SERVER JAR:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/14w21b/minecraft_server.14w21b.jar
REPORT BUGS HERE:
Minecraft issue tracker!
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XBOX ONE - NEWS
On the console front, there are some exciting changes! Release dates, details, and more await! Get ready to transfer your MCX360 worlds into a new, bigger world!
- Minecraft: Xbox One Edition will be released on Xbox Live Marketplace in August. It brings significantly bigger worlds and a greater draw distance than Xbox 360 Edition.
- It will include all the features from the most recent Xbox 360 title update.
- Minecraft: Xbox One Edition will cost $19.99.
- If you’ve bought Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition from Xbox Live Marketplace, or played online with the disc version, you will be able to upgrade to Xbox One Edition for $4.99.
- You will be able to upgrade for a minimum of a year after the release date.
- Players with Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition saves will be able to import their worlds to Xbox One. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to transfer saves from Xbox One to Xbox 360. We can make worlds bigger without too much stress, but shrinking them causes all kinds of problems.
- Cross platform play will not be possible between Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
- Many, but not all, of the DLC skins and texture packs you’ve purchased for Xbox 360 Edition will be available for use in Xbox One Edition. We’d like to say all your DLC would transfer, but some of the items are trapped in licensing deals that are too boring to get into here. More info as it develops.
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PLAYSTATION NEWS!
But wait, what about Playstation players?! Fear not, you have not been forgotten!
- Minecraft: Playstation 3 + Vita Edition will be available on the PSN in August.
- It will include all the features from the most recent Playstation 3 version, including online play on Vita.
- This means everyone who has bought Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition from PSN will get it on Vita for free. (Those fluent in Sony-speak might refer to the deal as “Cross-buy.”)
- Mojang is working closely with Sony Computer Entertainment to look into ways to enable upgrade from the Blu-ray disc version of Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition to Minecraft: Playstation 3 and Vita. More info on this will be available closer to release.
- Minecraft: Playstation 3 + Vita Edition will cost $19.99.
- It doesn’t matter if you buy for PS3 or Vita first, you own the game for both platforms.
- Saves are transferrable between the Playstation 3 and Vita versions of Minecraft. You will be able to craft at home on your Playstation 3, then continue on the bus/toilet with your Playstation Vita.
- All of the DLC you’ve purchased for Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition will work on Playstation 3 + Vita Edition.
What part of the updates are you most excited about? Tell us about it!
(And before someone starts hyperventilating: yes, I haven't forgotten there was good game releases circa 1999--but many gamers old enough to remember have just forgotten about all the many, many terrible ones.)
Not sure if spam or strange post...?
Did they add quartz stairs to dungeon chests or is that just me? Or has this always been there, I've found a few dungeons and that was in them for some reason...
Oh! So that's why I looked like steve some times.
I mean seriously, Minecraft is Mojang's bread and butter, because they will likely never release another game as popular; certainly not Cobalt, and certainly not Scrolls. Get some talent in there, and stop treating the game like it's a distraction.
Or is part of your 10 year plan to sell out to someone else before 10 years have elapsed?
facebook agrees with you
Actually, yes it would be. As far as I can tell, that doesn't use anything that was added after the "slimeblock update". It appears to be mostly the fill command, barriers, and the teleport command.
I'm not saying catbox is right but.... that was a bad example. For one, that's just a teleport command with some fancy effects. He also shows and EXPLAINS how it works, which doesn't include slime blocks, so I'm not really sure why you used that as an example.
https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/466889879029579776
Command blocks were added WAY back in version 1.4.2 (12w32a @ October 25, 2012) And therefor ARE present in 1.7.9, with most of the commands already possible.
Only the commands posted in the snapshot update notes are ADDED to said command blocks.
(and therefor not yet available in the release version)
(Check the commands wiki page to see which command was added when and therefor is available in which MC version)
For those of you who do not understand the significance of an API, let me just say that it enables mods to work with Minecraft. Most mods these days rely on an API of some sort to work. There are, naturally, some exceptions; mostly those that change how the game performs, but that do not add content (such as Optifine). The significance of this is that virtually every major mod that adds content to Minecraft is stuck on 1.7.2. Furthermore, as I've said in the past, rumors coming out of the Forge team and others indicate that unless an API work-around is supported, 1.7+ might be the last mod-able version of Minecraft.
The Minecraft modding community is huge. By the last poll I saw, those who have experimented with mods far outnumber those who have not. Unless an API is implemented, or the existing API programmers are properly supported, that will end. It is the single most significant step that should be taken in Minecraft today, and STILL has not been done.
So when 1.8 comes around, and everyone is griping about how there are no mods for it, and why hasn't their favorite mod updated, you can take consolation from the fact that at least you'll have sticky blocks, colored windows, and horses.
If you don't understand that, I would suggest either paying more attention to your middle school classes, or enrolling in adult education courses; whichever is most appropriate.
If you enjoy the single player aspect of this game, hey, that's great. But the future is, and has been SMP, and for a long time, MODDED SMP.
Nope! Not mine...
Anyways, thanks for the informant of it!